Here's the thing.. Yes, the guy is cute, yes, the pic is kinda funny, yes, butts are great & yes, Instinct is not always the most serious magazine/blog, but in between the shirtless celebrity pics & twerking videos, there are some important & informative articles. It's kinda genius really. They rope us in with the eye candy & then educate us on topics that effect us. I am a fan of Instinct for that very reason.

Men focus a lot of attention on the physical. It's in our nature & there are plenty, of models, actors, gogo dancers & porn stars etc. who want & expect the attention & make money being photographed etc. Some with their butts in the air.

I honestly don't think that this particular pic is so terrible, or shocking, but I do think that is disrespectful to this guy (who I don't know) to post it like this, in this particular magazine, for public scrutiny, to generate lascivious comments. I think that Instinct is better than that & I think that we should all have more respect for each other than this.

If this was a similar pic of Venus, or Serena Williams posted to GQ, or FHM or something similar & straight guys were posting comments like those on this feed, I think there'd be some backlash.

It's commonly established that it's disrespectful & unacceptable for straight men to cat call women, or to make lascivious, sexual comments about them. It's considered harassment & can get people in a lot of trouble & rightly so. Isn't this the same thing?

I am not religious & I don't care what straight people think about us as a culture. You may think that I should "lighten up", or that there's no harm done here, but I think there's a fine line that may be being crossed & I personally think that we should have more respect for our selves & each other generally.

I love Instinct Magazine & respect their right to post & right about anything that they think is interesting, or appealing, fun, or informative. I love that they give you a place to respond to their posts. These comment feeds are a great place to generate discussions & make us all think & express our opinions. This just happens to be my opinion.

I know some people are going to disagree, but I figure it's ok. We ain't all going to agree on everything.

I agree with you on what you're saying. I do think that the purpose of this is to help more gay guys be comfortable with their sexuality since the world constantly shames gay men for being attracted to men and the male anatomy. It's letting them allow themselves to be themselves It's that media outlets like Instinct go overboard where it seems like the only thing they focus on in terms of being gay. I think the mark of maturity as a gay man that truly gets comfortable with their sexuality is when they get over this constant bombardment of sex and oversexualization as they realize that life still goes on after coming out, self acceptance and etc. It no longer becomes a big deal but rather second nature. I feel that many of these outlets also seem to be stuck where they seem to be scared to just accept the idea that being gay is no longer as taboo as it was so to move along with more meaningful topics and discussions.

Oh shut up you pompous little prig. First off, gay people are hardly the only ones who do this type of things, and secondly, what the fuck gives you or those douchbag little religious whackjob nutcases the right to tell us what good morals are? Go fuck off with a lightning rod shoved up your cellulitic covered overly hairy and pimpled ass.

SoutherGent you're right....I saw the leg of the Dolphin and thought it was part of the guy on the ground.....born and bred in Massachusetts I should know what the uniform looks like. I'm an idiot!!! LOL

I seriously think there are too many comments, made by the same people on several articles saying the same thing about the quality of the Instinct reporting. Its the age old adage - "If you don't like it, then don't read it" If you're going to leave the page, then hurry up and leave it already!! The rest of us apparently "Stereotypical Gays" can have a bit of a chuckle at the little oddities they put up now and then and then read the more serious journalism in the actual magazine, which you can purchase at the local newsagent rather than freeon the web.

I have decided to leave the Instinct page as you have gone so far beneath anything that is credible......you are the tmz of gay news....your reporting is ridiculous...you do not reflect gay sensible men. You only reflect stereotypes that are less than fair to mature gay men everywhere.

Well said. But then again, I've never looked to Instinct for sensible writing let alone mature writing. In our twenties we were every bit the stereotype. I can only imagine that they are "instinctively" catering to that demographic.

I have decided to leave the Instinct page as you have gone so far beneath anything that is credible......you are the tmz of gay news....your reporting is ridiculous...you do not reflect gay sensible men. You only reflect stereotypes that are less than fair to mature gay men everywhere.